Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve


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More Protected Land in the Watershed

Another forty acres of wilderness has now been added to our list of preserved land in the Yellow Dog watershed thanks to some amazing fundraising and great support from our members. We are so excited to bring our total number of preserved acres to 412. The parcel we purchased will be protected from development and [...]

November 21st, 2011
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Benefit Concert for Land Preservation

As part of our core strategy to protect the watershed, we sometime acquire land to keep open to the public and free from harm. We have an opportunity to purchase 40 acres in the watershed that are quite worth it. The parcel is located by the north entrance of the McCormick Wilderness Area and has [...]

March 3rd, 2011
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Native Plant Walk along Woodland Road

NORTHWOODS NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OUTING Proposed Kennecott haul road and North Country Trail Michigamme Highlands, Marquette County, Michigan Saturday, August 28, 10 AM Eastern (9 AM Central). Leaders: Emily Whittaker, Executive Director, Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve Steve Garske, Invasive Plant Specialist, GLIFWC This trip will begin near the southern end of the proposed mining haul [...]

August 9th, 2010
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YDWP hosting Film Festival!

The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Downwind Sports, and Students Acting to Save Michigan’s Water will be hosting the national Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival this November. The festival will be a two night event, November 5th and 6th, in Jamrich 103 on the campus of Northern Michigan University. Doors open at 6pm and films [...]

September 29th, 2009
Topic: Events, Fundraising, land conservation, programs, sulfide mining, water quality Tags: , ,

Public Meeting on Woodland Rd

Kennecott plans to build a road from the potential Eagle Mine on the Yellow Dog Plains to a potential processing facility in Humboldt Township. This road, known as the Woodland Road, would bisect a large swath of land that is yet undeveloped. The Marquette County Road Commision will be holding a meeting on September 28 [...]

September 16th, 2009
Topic: Events, land conservation, sulfide mining Tags: , , ,